complete and revise the “Science Unit Plan” template, integrated with health and activity, (fitness, body, physical, emotional, motor skills) and aligned to state content standards, based on feedback from your instructor.

For this benchmark, you will complete and revise the “Science Unit Plan” template, integrated with health and activity, (fitness, body, physical, emotional, motor skills) and aligned to state content standards, based on feedback from your instructor. The “Science Unit Plan” template includes developed lesson titles, summary and rationale, learning objectives, standards, instructional strategies, differentiation, materials, resources, and technology for five lessons that includes a minimum of two of the following content disciplines: 

• Scientific Method
• Health (Human Movement, Activity, Fitness, Emotional Health, Motor Skills) 
• Physical Science
• Life Science
• Earth Science
• Space Science
• Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

Part 1: Assessments

The final part of the “Science Unit Plan” is to include formative evidence-based assessment strategies to gauge student learning for each individual lesson.

Using the “Class Profile,” develop an end-of-unit summative assessment and

• List how you will formatively assess the learning for each lesson.
• Description of the summative assessment for the entire unit.

The completion of your “Science Unit Plan” should fulfill all requirements of the unit plan and considerations for the successful instruction of each lesson.

Ensure that your unit plan includes:

• Age-appropriate lessons that incorporate the fundamental concepts of multiple areas of science, based on your state standards, integrated to build student understanding for personal and social application in science.
• Integrate major concepts in health education by creating opportunities for development and practice of skills that contribute to positive understanding of physical activity and health education. 
• Instructional strategies that promote understanding and skills of physical activity that foster active, healthy lifestyles and enhanced quality of life for students.

 Part 2: Reflection

In 250-500 words, summarize and reflect on the process of creating a cohesive, weeklong unit plan that successfully incorporates multiple areas of science integrated with health. What strategies can you use to create opportunities to promote health education that positively contributes to a good quality of life for students? Why is this important? How can this be incorporated into your future classroom?

Support your findings with a minimum of three scholarly resources. 

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide,  An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Program competencies and national standards assessed in the benchmark assignment:

2.2: Use fundamental concepts of physical, life, and earth/space sciences to design and implement age-appropriate lessons, centered on the principles of scientific inquiry, to build student understanding for personal and social applications, and to convey the nature of science. [ACEI 2.2; InTASC 4(a), 4(f), 4(g), 5(c), 5(h); MC2]

2.6: Use the major concepts in the subject matter of health education to create opportunities for student development and practice of skills that contribute to good health. [ACEI 2.6; InTASC 5(j); MC2]

2.7: Use instructional strategies that promote, as appropriate to their own understanding and skills, human movement and physical activity as central elements to foster active, healthy life styles, and enhanced quality of life for elementary students. [ACEI 2.7; InTASC 5(j); ISTE-T 2a]

Rubic_Print_Format

Course Code	Class Code	Assignment Title	Total Points
ELM-570	ELM-570-O500	Benchmark – Science Unit Plan	300.0
Criteria	Percentage	No Submission (0.00%)	Insufficient (69.00%)	Approaching (74.00%)	Acceptable (87.00%)	Target (100.00%)	Comments	Points Earned
Content	100.0%
Science Unit Plan	5.0%	Not addressed.	Unit Plan is includes poor and unrelated information for the lesson title, science standards, learning objectives, instructional strategies, summary of instruction, differentiation, materials, resources, and technology, and formative and summative assessments.	Unit Plan is complete and includes minimal information for the lesson title, science standards, learning objectives, instructional strategies, summary of instruction, differentiation, materials, resources, and technology, and formative and summative assessments.	Unit Plan is complete and appropriately includes lesson title, science standards, learning objectives, instructional strategies, summary of instruction, differentiation, materials, resources, and technology, and formative and summative assessments.	Unit Plan is thoroughly complete and proficiently includes lesson title, science standards, learning objectives, instructional strategies, summary of instruction, differentiation, materials, resources, and technology, and formative and summative assessments.
Assessments	10.0%	Not addressed.	Unit plan includes poor and unrelated examples of formative assessments that inadequately assess learning for each lesson and a description of a summative assessment that is inconsistent with the entire unit.	Unit plan includes superficial and overly simplistic examples of formative assessments that marginally assess learning for each lesson, along with a vague description of a summative assessment for the entire unit.	Unit plan includes appropriate and clear examples of formative assessments that appropriately assess learning for each lesson, along with a detailed description of a summative assessment for the entire unit.	Unit plan includes proficient and well-researched examples of formative assessments that thoroughly assess learning for each lesson, along with an in-depth description of a summative assessment for the entire unit.
Science Content COE 2.2	15.0%	Not addressed.	Unit plan is inappropriate for teaching one or more fundamental science concepts, unrelated to state standards, for the profile of students. Unit plan inadequately and poorly encourages critical thinking, or promote students’ abilities to make personal and social applications, and to convey the nature of science.	Unit plan is under-developed for teaching one or more fundamental science concept, vaguely related to state standards, for the profile of students. Unit plan is not developed enough to be meaningful, encourage critical thinking or promote students’ abilities to make personal and social applications, and to convey the nature of science.	Unit plan is appropriate for teaching one or more fundamental science concepts, based on state standards, and related procedures for the profile of students. Unit plan adequately encourages critical thinking and students? abilities to make personal and social applications, and to convey the nature of science.	Unit plan is well-crafted to include more than one fundamental science concepts, based on state standards, and related procedures for the profile of students. Unit plan is meaningful and proficiently stimulates critical thinking and problem-solving, and promote students’ abilities to make personal and social applications, and to convey multiple areas of science.
Health and Physical Activity Integration COE 2.6	15.0%	Not addressed.	Unit plan includes the poor use of the major concepts in the subject matter of health education, inadequately addressing physical activity or creating opportunities to promote student development and practice of skills that poorly contributes to understanding of physical activity and health education.	Unit plan includes the vague use the major concepts in the subject matter of health education, including physical activity to create opportunities to promote student development and practice of skills that contribute to understanding of physical activity and health education.	Unit plan includes the adequate integration of major concepts in the subject matter of health education, including physical activity to create opportunities that promote student development and practice skills that contribute to good understanding of physical activity and health education.	Unit plan includes the skillful integration the major concepts in the subject matter of health education, including physical activity to create lessons opportunities for student development and practice of skills that contribute to positive understanding of physical activity and health education.
Instructional strategies COE 2.7	15.0%	Not addressed.	Unit plan includes instructional strategies and activities that are unrelated and inadequately promote human movement and physical activity in order to foster an active, healthy lifestyle that leads to an enhanced quality of life for students.	Unit plan includes overly simplistic and superficial instructional strategies and activities that marginally promote human movement and physical activity in order to foster an active, healthy lifestyle that leads to an enhanced quality of life for students.	Unit plan includes relevant and logical instructional strategies and activities that adequately promote human movement and physical activity in order to foster an active, healthy lifestyle that leads to an enhanced quality of life for students.	Unit plan includes well-researched instructional strategies and activities that thoughtfully promote human movement and physical activity in order to foster an active, healthy lifestyle that leads to an enhanced quality of life for students.
Reflection and Future Implications	10.0%	Not addressed.	Reflection includes a poor and inconsistent summary of creating a unit plan, along with strategies that create inadequate opportunities to promote health education that marginally contributes to a good quality of life. Conclusions and applications to future practice are inappropriate or not related to assignment.	Reflection includes a vague and superficial summary of creating a unit plan, along with strategies that create minimal opportunities to promote health education that marginally contributes to a good quality of life and why this is important. Conclusions and applications to future practice are lacking in detail of development as a professional.	Reflection includes a detailed and relevant summary of creating a unit plan, along with strategies that effectively create opportunities to promote health education that contributes to a good quality of life and why this is important. Conclusions and applications to future practice are thoughtful and reflect growth and development as a professional.	Reflection includes a thorough and in-depth summary of creating a unit plan, along with strategies that thoughtfully create opportunities to promote health education that contributes to a good quality of life and why this is important. Conclusions and applications to future practice are insightful and clearly reflect growth and development as a professional.
Research Citations	15.0%	Not addressed.	Many citations are missing where needed; or many of the sources are inappropriate for the submission; or APA is attempted where required, but many aspects are missing or mistaken.	Some citations may be missing where needed; or some of the sources do not support the submission; or APA is attempted where required, but some aspects are missing or mistaken.	All sources are credible, adequate, and support the submission. All required aspects of APA format are correct within the submission.	All sources are credible, appropriate, and strongly support the submission. All required aspects of APA format are correct within the submission.
Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use)	15.0%	Not addressed.	Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning. Inappropriate word choice or sentence construction are used.	Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader. Inconsistent language or word choice is present. Sentence structure is lacking.	Submission includes some mechanical errors, but they do not hinder comprehension. Varieties of effective sentence structures are used, as well as some practice and content-related language.	Submission is virtually free of mechanical errors. Word choice reflects well-developed use of practice and content-related language. Sentence structures are varied and engaging.
Total Weightage	100%